Linux withing Perl

[hello99hello]

I am writting Linux script withing a perl program.

I intend to make the following changes in Linux in line HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE (below), I was wondering if you could tell me how:

Changing strings and date - change JAMES LOOKMAN to James Lookman, and date - 12/23/2003 to 23-Dec-2003. Any pointer would be appreciated.

chomp($array[2]);
$array[2] = $array[2]."son" ;
HERE HERE HERE HERE HERE
$new_record = join ',', @array;

 

[chipperMDW]

What's a Linux script?

To do the first part in Perl, read about regular expressions, particularly substitution and the "\l", "\L", "\u", "\U", and "\E" sequences.

The second part should be easy in Perl, too. Split on the slash, map the month to a string, then rearrange with dashes put in...


No idea what a Linux script is. Do you mean a shell script? If so, why would you want to do that? If you have a good reason, look up the "system" command for Perl.